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should i get ds's skin tag removed?

my ds has a skin tag on his butt crack not too far above his anus. its not big but it is noticeable when you wipe him. he's had it since birth and i never once thought of getting it removed. not until my mom brought it up last week. she said she's worried about it getting bigger as he gets bigger. i told dh what she said and he agrees that it should be removed. now, the only problem i have with getting it removed is that it would hurt him. but i dont have a problem with it being there either. i mean...unless he's a super freak when he gets older, girls wont notice it. no one else can see it. sooo i dont know what to do. advice and opinions would be helpful.

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they wont cause any health problems. I got them when i was pregnant all over my upper thighs and i opted to get them removed. there are home rememdies (i tried one on my nose, and it worked like a charm) but your pedi can also do it. Usually they numb it with lidicane (sp) which burns for a second.... if its in a hidden place its not going to be noticable, and its not going to cause him any problems. Honestly, i dont see why its important to remove it...

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It won't hurt him to have it removed, and he won't remember the discomfort at this age anyway. I would recommend getting it removed so that he doesn't run the risk of it getting irritated and turning cancerous. I had one removed from my side on my bra line because it kept getting pulled and bleeding and the doc said that constant irritation could be harmful. They zapped it in about 20 seconds LOL well worth it!

They can grow bigger as the child gets bigger. I just had my sons removed last week. His was on his face and I am glad I had it removed. The whole surgery took about 10 minutes and he was in recovery for maybe 20 more mins. He did very well and didn't really touch it after. He came home took a nap and woke up like nothing happened. I wanted to get it removed when he was young and had health insurance.

yeah thats what my mom is worried about. it getting bigger. she said she doenst want him to have a tail. lol.

Quoting Daisy1124:

They can grow bigger as the child gets bigger. I just had my sons removed last week. His was on his face and I am glad I had it removed. The whole surgery took about 10 minutes and he was in recovery for maybe 20 more mins. He did very well and didn't really touch it after. He came home took a nap and woke up like nothing happened. I wanted to get it removed when he was young and had health insurance.

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Hmm..your call since it is not somewhere where others can see and doesn't cause him any health issues. Coming from someone who has a big skin tack on the side of my ear..I would have it removed while he is young. I was born with them all around my face. They were able to remove all but one..due to it's size. You can not even see where the others were. The plan was to have mine removed when I was older per one of the doctors. My parents did not have insurance after that and so I never had it removed. By time I was old enough to realize I was different and being made fun on a daily basis at school(school was absolute hell with it)...I was too terrified to have it removed. So if you think he would be self conscience about it when he gets older..then having it removed when he is younger maybe the route to go. He will forget about the procedure all together and they do deaden the skin around it before removing it. Since it is cosmetic for me and causes no health issues..I will have to pay out of pocket to have mine removed(I have already had an estimate done about six years ago. They thought that some kind of tube was entwined with it in my ear.) Most days I forget I even have mine:) I am older and so staring or someone making a comment about it doesn't bother me at all now.

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